Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Ryzen 5 6600H

Place in performance ranking	590	423
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	no data
Architecture codename	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Release date	January 2022 (2 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 6900HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.9 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	6 nm	6 nm
Die size	208 mm²	208 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 6900HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FP7	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 6900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 6900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 6900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 660M

AMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 6900HS.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 6600H 12.23

Ryzen 9 6900HS 15.28
+24.9%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 6600H by 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 6600H 18917

Ryzen 9 6900HS 23640
+25%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 6600H by 25% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 6600H 1798

Ryzen 9 6900HS 1859
+3.4%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 6600H by 3% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 6600H 7396

Ryzen 9 6900HS 8755
+18.4%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 6600H by 18% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 6600H 1683

Ryzen 9 6900HS 2161
+28.4%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 6600H by 28% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 6600H 234

Ryzen 9 6900HS 245
+4.9%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 6600H by 5% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.